Marquette's Al McGuire turned down a bid to the 1970 NCAA tournament, because the NCAA asked him to go out of the
closest regional. Adolph Rupp (Kentucky head coach) was on the selection committee, and Rupp did not want to play
Marquette in the Mideast Region.

Kentucky got beat in the regional final by Artis Gilmore and the Jacksonville Dolphins. And Al McGuire won the NIT in his
native New York City.